Material Safety Data Sheet according to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006
Epsom Salt as food additive Version 1.2
Revision Date: 2010-08-17
1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE/MIXTURE AND OF THE COMPANY/UNDERTAKING • • •
Trade name Use Company
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Responsible Department
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Emergency telephone number
Epsom Salt chemically pure, FCC Food additive, presuming FCC as legal basis K+S KALI GmbH Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7 34131 Kassel Germany Telephone: +49-(0)561-9301-0 Telefax: +49-(0)561-9301-1753 Marketing Telephone: +49-(0)561-9301-2356 Telefax: +49-(0)561-9301-1744 info@kali-gmbh.com Giftinformationszentrale Nord, Göttingen, Germany Telephone: +49 (0)551 19240
2. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION The product does not need to be labelled in accordance with EC directives or respective national laws.
3. COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS Chemical nature
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Chemical Name
CAS-No.
EINECS-No.
Magnesium Sulphate Heptahydrate
10034-99-8
231-298-2
Classification
% w/w > 99
4. FIRST AID MEASURES • • • • •
General advice Inhalation Skin contact Eye contact Ingestion
If symptoms persist, seek medical advice. If breathed in, move person into fresh air. Rinse with water. Immediately flush eye(s) with plenty of water. Clean mouth with water and drink afterwards plenty of water.
5. FIRE-FIGHTING MEASURES •
Suitable extinguishing media
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Extinguishing media which shall not be used for safety reasons Specific hazards during fire fighting
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The product is not flammable.Use extinguishing measures that are appropriate to local circumstances and the surrounding environment. none
Heating or fire can release toxic gas. Sulphur oxides Print Date: 2011-01-13